Jimbaran Bali Filled With Tourists, Epidemiologists: Everyone Is Happy And Happy Forgetting The COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAKARTA - A 14-second video has been uploaded by an epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Pandu Riono. In the video, you can see the tourist area in Jimbaran, Bali, which is a beachside dining area filled with tourists spending time while having dinner.

In the video, which according to Pandu, was taken during this long holiday, it is seen that the community is not adhering to health protocols to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic. They seemed to be wearing no masks and sat close together while having fun chatting.

Responding to the video, the epidemiologist then tweeted @ drpriono1 if the public seemed to have forgotten the COVID-19 pandemic, whose spread in Indonesia has not been controlled.

"Everyone is happy, happy, forgetting the pandemic that has gone out of control," he said as quoted by VOI, Saturday, October 31.

Jimbaran, Bali, during the long vacation in Oct 2020. All are happy, happy, forgetting the pandemic that has gone out of control. After the holidays, some may experience "happy hypoxia". Hopefully the hospital's capacity can still handle the spike in cases, prevent the cluster of residences and workplaces. pic.twitter.com/xojDDz46ib

- The Plague (@ drpriono1) October 31, 2020

Seeing this kind of condition, Pandu then mentioned the possible clinical symptoms of happy hypoxia that could be experienced by those who have just returned from vacation. So that in the future, he hopes, hospitals in various regions will be able to handle the spike in COVID-19 cases.

"After the holidays, some may experience happy hypoxia. Hopefully, the hospital's capacity can still handle the increase in cases, prevent the cluster of residences and dwellings," he said.

As for what is meant by happy hypoxia, quoted from Alodokter, is a condition in which a person with COVID-19 does not feel any symptoms but without realizing it, they experience a slow decrease in oxygen. If happy hypoxia is not handled properly, tissue damage and organ damage can cause various health problems.

If in the case of happy hypoxia which has symptoms such as shortness of breath, weakness, pale skin, and bluish nails and lips, in the case of happy hypoxia there will be no symptoms. A lack of oxygen can only be detected when the sufferer performs a blood test or oxygen saturation check with a device called a pulse aximeter.

Previously reported, the Chairperson of the Task Force for Handling COVID-19 Doni Monardo said that positive cases of COVID-19 often increase during long holidays. According to him, an increase in COVID-19 cases during holidays has occurred during Eid and Eid al-Adha.

According to him, even though President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has announced during the Idul Fitri holiday that people do not travel to their hometowns to carry out the homecoming tradition, in fact people still do it.

"The President, long before Eid al-Fitr, repeatedly chaired meetings. Finally, the government's decision was that there would be no going home or no return to the village. But after the Eid leave ends, we see an increase in cases but the number is not significant," Doni said in a conference that aired on the BNPB YouTube account, Tuesday, October 27.

Likewise during Eid al-Adha. The head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said the number of cases had also increased again but not significantly.

However, a different incident actually occurred during the long holiday which occurred on 23-26 August. From the data he has, Doni said that on September 1 there was an increase in cases in almost all major cities in Indonesia.

As a result, many hospitals whose utilization rates exceed 80 percent, including in Jakarta. This figure even exceeds the WHO standard figure regarding the use of beds, which is 60.

So, Doni hopes that the incident he mentioned above can become a whip for the community to increase compliance with health protocols. Not only that, every leader in the region must continue to remind the public.

"Every community, leaders in the regions both at the provincial and city levels to village villages, are assisted by friends of the TNI, Polri, volunteers, religious leaders, community leaders, PKK, and youth organizations should not be tired of reminding people to comply with health protocols," he said.

"Apart from that, the weather is less favorable. Therefore, we must anticipate it and do not let it occur during the long holiday, that extreme weather will even cause security and safety problems for us during the holidays," he concluded.